Oscar cast producer Don Mischer recently admitted that Betty White's name is being tossed around as a potential ceremony host for the upcoming 2011 Academy Awards, but Betty is now saying she doesn't wanna do it!!
"I can tell you now I won’t be doing the Oscars, Emmys or any other awards. I was terrified out of my skin doing 'SNL,' so the Oscars is not going to happen. It's too much."
Boo!! Wait a few months and then decide Betty!!
She joked about it on a promo for Saturday Night Live, but fans of Betty White are taking the idea of the 88-year-old hosting The Oscars seriously!!
The Facebook page “Getting Betty White to Host the Academy Awards” has gotten thousands of fans to join since launching late Sunday night and after proving she brings in BIG ratings, one has to think The Academy might at least stop to consider it.
What do you think?! You KNOW she would bring a whole new "edge" & excitement to The Oscars!!
Billy Crystal was asked recently if he would host The Oscars again in the future...
"Sure… I've had a lot of distance now. Each year, it gets a little easier to watch. You don't feel like, 'Oh God! Don't be that good!'"
As amazing as Billy is, I think I prefer someone fresher like Borat or Neil Patrick Harris!!
Sandra Bullock must be wondering if she can hand her Oscar back now?!
It seems if a leading lady wins the Best Actress Oscar, within a year, they will LOSE their leading man!!
Accepting an Oscar for The Reader just last year, Kate Winslet gushed,
"I'm so lucky to have a wonderful husband and two beautiful children who let me do what I love and who love me just the way that I am."
Now less than 12 months later, the couple are headed for the divorce courts - The same thing seems to be happening to Sandra with the cheating scandal her husband Jesse James is facing!!
This year while accepting the top prize Sandra said,
"You get dressed up in monkey suits and you sit at a table with people you don't know. And I leave you there, and then you come back with, like, Morgan Freeman's e-mail. I don't know how you do it. I love you so much, and you're really hot. And I want you so much."
Over the past 12 years, eight recipients of that particular award have wound up single after winning: Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Hunt.
So, is the curse real?!
The Academy has finally apologized for leaving Farrah Fawcett from the "In Memoriam" segment on Sunday night's Oscars!!
Executive director Bruce Davis has offered the following "apology":
"There's nothing you can say to people, particularly to family members, within a day or two of the show that helps at all. They tend to be surprised and hurt, and we understand that and we're sorry for it."
About time!!
CLICK HERE to read all my coverage from this past weekend's big event!!
Sean Penn was thrown out of The Governor's Ball last night after punching one of The Hurt Locker producers!!
People are saying that Sean saw that the producer was with his ex-girlfriend Robin Wright and freaked out!!
Somebody needs to grow up eh?!
Madonna attended Sir Elton John's Oscar party last night (which was sponsored by Grey Goose Vodka), but when she found out that they DID NOT have Belvedere Vodka she flipped her shiz!!
A person at the party says,
"It was left to one rather nervous waiter to tell her only Grey Goose was available and when he did all hell broke loose. Madonna was dropping F-bombs like they were going out of fashion. Fortunately Guy [Oseary] was able to calm her down. But she sulked about the vodka and ordered a non-alcoholic virgin mojito instead. She was clearly up for a drink, but wasn't prepared to compromise on her vodka choice."
Ohhh... The lifestyles of the rich & famous!!
Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato were spotted last night at The 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California.
"They seemed like a couple... Laughing and touching each other the whole night."
Awww cute... Maybe they are finally making things official?!
Vanessa Hudgens was spotted last night after The Oscars partyin' at The Vanity Fair Party inside the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California.
Hot or not?!
Did Music by Prudence producer Elinor Burkett pull a "Kanye West" at last night's Oscars?!
When the film won for Best Documentary Short, Elinor rushed to the stage and wrestled the microphone away from director/producer Roger Ross Williams while he was speaking!!
So, what really happened?! Elinor explains...
"What happened was the director and I had a bad difference over the direction of the film that resulted in a lawsuit that has settled amicably out of court. But there have been all these events around the Oscars, and I wasn't invited to any of them. And he's not speaking to me. So we weren't even able to discuss ahead of the time who would be the one person allowed to speak if we won. And then, as I'm sure you saw, when we won, he raced up there to accept the award. And his mother took her cane and blocked me. So I couldn't get up there very fast. won't talk to me! This whole week, there have been events thrown by the International Documentary Association, and he hasn't passed any of the invitations on to me. The movie was my idea. I live in Zimbabwe. Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this. And you know, I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again, and it wasn't going to happen this time."
Drama!!
Miley Cyrus and her boy-toy Liam Hemsworth were spotted after The Oscars at The 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Party in West Hollywood, California.
An anonymous public relations rep. tells ZackTaylor.ca,
"Miley and Liam are all for show... After their movie (The Last Song) comes out they will break-up. Wait and see."
However, another insider says,
"They are so in love. Everyone can see that!"
Hmmm... I think they're cute together, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did turn out to be all for "show"!!
The Hurt Locker steals the show!!
Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for Best Director for The Hurt Locker, becoming the first woman in the 82-year history of The Oscars to win!!
Also, she beat ex-husband James Cameron's Avatar to take home the top prize of Best Motion Picture - And as everyone already knew, Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges each won the lead-acting honours!!
CLICK HERE for the complete list of winners!!
Every year there are a few names who always wind up being left out of The Oscars tribute to the stars who died in the previous year... This year, Farrah Fawcett, one of the year's biggest celebrity losses, did NOT make the cut!!
Somebody has some explaining to do!!
UPDATE 1: Bea Arthur (who also appeared in films as well as TV) was left out also!!
UPDATE 2: An Academy spokesperson says, "Every year it's an unfortunate reality that we can't include everybody."
The celebs have arrived!!
We got photos of Deborah Ann Woll, Diane Kruger, Carey Mulligan, Charlize Theron, Meryl Streep, Zoe Saldana, Amanda Seyfried, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Sandra Bullock, Miley Cyrus, and Stana Katic walkin' the red carpet at The 82nd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California.
CLICK HERE to see the photos!!
...Zac Efron, Ryan Reynolds, Eli Roth or Ryan Seacrest?!
Nicole Richie kinda looked like one of those Avatar people earlier tonight at The Academy Awards!!
What do you think?!
The Oscars are about to begin!!
Get ready...
Avatar director James Cameron doesn't really care if his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow (who directed The Hurt Locker) beats him for the Oscar for Best Director!!
“It’d be really cool to lose to her. So far she hasn’t had the accolades she deserves. I know the one she wants... though not as ‘woman director’. She wants to be simply Best Director. And I hope she gets it. She’s ready to be anointed.”
I still think Kathryn winning will be the BIG upset of the night!!
Fill In The Blank: The Oscars are BIG because __________!!
Check out the video above of all the action taking place RIGHT NOW on The Oscar red carpet as we get set for the big show to begin...
'Tis was the night before The 2010 Oscars and all the stars were out and about in Hollywood!!
Diane Kruger, Joshua Jackson, Camilla Belle, Izabella Miko, Kari Whitman and myself, Zack Taylor all took to the Pre-Oscar Parties setup around town.
The big day is here... Let the gossip begin!!
Who knew that James Cameron was such a good sport?!
The Avatar director says that he has no problem with skits poking fun at his successful movie this year at The Oscars, despite a story yesterday claiming producers yanked a Sacha Baron Cohen skit out of fear of upsetting Mr. Cameron...
"If they want to poke fun at Avatar Sunday, that's OK by me. The Oscars are a celebration of movies... even the gaffes and out of bounds stuff are all part of the fun!"
Bring back Borat!!
Here are ZackTaylor.ca's 2010 Oscar Predictions:
Best Picture: Avatar
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
I'll be live on the red carpet Sunday bringing you full updates & all the gossip!!
Fill In The Blank: Sherri Shepherd likes 'em big because _______!!
After disregarding Academy rules and publicly campaigning for his film through mass e-mails to voters, The Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier has been banned from the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday!!
If his movie wins he won't be able to accept the award on-stage, however, he will STILL get an Oscar trophy the following day.
Ouch!!
